Amazing saw stops when it touches skin »

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You've got to see this video of a saw that stops when it touches human skin. (Found on Boingboing.net, which found it on Kevin Kelly's blog at KK.ORG)

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Matthew
June 23, 2006, 2:13 a.m.
Be sure to send them a thank-you for caring about quality, and offering QuickTime videos. I can't tell you how sick I am of awful-looking Windows Media and Flash videos. Oh, and thank them for saving thousands of fingers.
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Ryan
June 23, 2006, 2:19 a.m.
I love this thing. I saw it a couple of months ago. While I'm sure this will save many high school shop teachers' fingers, it sounds like it sure could be pricey. I'd love to see the price drop a little.
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Matthew
June 24, 2006, 3:39 a.m.
Just noticed that they have a bandsaw and chopsaw forthcoming as well. This monitor/react heuristic could probably be adapted to metal presses and other dangerous, hand-munching machinery.